Tonight on NXT, NXT General Manager William Regal booked Adam Cole and Roderick Strong of NXT Tag Team Champions Undisputed Era against War Raiders as a punishment for this week's main event! Plus, the debut of Matt Riddle and an NXT Championship match announcement. All that and more on this week's edition of NXT!

We are on tape from Full Sail University in Orlando, Fla. Vic Joseph, Percy Watson, and Nigel McGuinness have the call for this week.

Nikki Cross vs. Mercedes Martinez

Martinez with a single-leg takedown and Cross rolls away. Martinez with an arm lock to a front facelock. Cross with a fireman's carry out and she bounces the head of Martinez off the mat to get an armbar. Martinez out with a Northern Lights suplex and she applies a front facelock. CRoss jumps on the back of Martinez for a sleeper and Martinez runs her into the corner. Cross kicks out of the corner and goes up top, but Martinez rips her to the mat and stomps her down. Elbow strikes and a guillotine choke in for Martinez. Cross forearms out and Martinez punches back with ground-and-pound. Martinez looks to finish Cross, but Cross comes back with forearms and clotheslines. Corner splash and bulldog from Cross see her go up top to land a crossbody for a nearfall. Martinez fights up to land a spinebuster on Cross that puts both down. Martinez gets Cross with two backdrop drivers and a release German suplex. Big boot from Martinez lands, but Cross blocks a fisherman's buster for a neckbreaker. Cross with a jawbreaker, DDT, and The Purge.

Winner by pinfall: Nikki Cross

Rating: 2.75 out of 5 stars

Good starter where Martinez was able to match the intensity of Cross for a time, even drawing blood. Some sloppy moments actually worked here for the fight feeling.

Post-match, Martinez and Cross stare each other down on their knees and smile in a show of respect, seemingly. Candice LeRae comes out and asks Cross why she didn't tell her and Cross laughs at points as she leaves the ring. LeRae doesn't know why she is laughing and says it isn't funny. Cross looks to leave the stage, but gets walked down by Aleister Black to the opposite side of the stage. Black walks down to the ring and asks where Johnny Gargano is and LeRae says he is not here. Black implies that Gargano's future is gone as he walks out.

Video recaps The Mighty vs. Street Profits last month before they rematch tonight.

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Street Profits vs. The Mighty

Angelo Dawkins and Shane Thorne start and Dawkins cocks for a punch, sending Thorne falling to the mat to avoid it. Dawkins works Thorne in the corners with punches. Thorne kicks away, but Dawkins with shoulder tackles on Thorne and Nick Miller. Thorne throws Dawkins into the second turnbuckle and Miller makes the tag. Dawkins with a flapjack to bring in Montez Ford. Ford with a dropkick on Thorne and he clubs both down. The Mighty sent out with clotheslines and a Ford with a flip dive outside. Thorne gets kicked away outside, but the distraction allows Miller to land a spinebuster as Ford slingshot rolls inside. Miller works Ford in the corner and Thorne in for a nearfall. Thorne chops Ford across the back and kicks him down. Ford fights out of the corner, but gets turned into a sitout Falcon Arrow by Thorne for a nearfall. Thorne blocks a Ford dive for a tag for a nearfall. Thorne knocks Dawkins off the apron, but Ford flips out of a back suplex and flips over Thorne to make the hot tag to Dawkins. Dawkins like a house of fire and he runs The Mighty into each other in the corner. Tilt-a-whirl slam on Thorne and a right hand drops Thorne for a nearfall that is broken by Miller.

Miller sent out and Ford tags in. Thorne hurricanranas Dawkins to the outside and Ford distracted up top for a Thorne palm strike. The Mighty with a Tower of Doom for a nearfall that is broken by Dawkins. Dawkins in with a Sky High on Miller, but Thorne takes him out with a forearm to the back of the head. Ford sent to the apron and he lands a head kick on Thorne to set up the Frog Splash.

Winners by pinfall: Street Profits

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

A really good match to reignite a middling secondary feud, Street Profits both have some of the most fire off the hot tag in NXT and they worked that to perfection against the tag team isolation game of The Mighty.

Post-match, the Street Profits get their Solo cup and gold chains back.

Cathy Kelley backstage with NXT General Manager William Regal and he is asked about TakeOver: War Games. Regal says NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa will defend against Velveteen Dream at TakeOver. Aleister Black interrupts and asks where Johnny Gargano is. Regal says like Candice LeRae told him, he told Gargano to stay home, but promises him a match at TakeOver. Black says Gargano's future in the company will fade to Black.

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Lars Sullivan throwing items around the Full Sail parking lot and he says the NXT Championship is his and if Velveteen Dream gets his shot, he will tear him in half before he gets there.

Luke Menzies vs. Matt Riddle

Riddle looks for a single-leg takedown to start and Menzies sprawls on a second takedown attempt. Menzies wins the test of strength, but Riddle spins out and monkey flips Menzies into an armbar. Menzies stacks for a nearfall to break the submission. Menzies shakes Riddle's hand, but pulls him into a side headlock. Shoulder tackle from Menzies, but Riddle with roundhouse kicks and corner forearms. Riddle gets body shots caught for a headbutt and underhook throw by Menzies. Menzies works Riddle in the corner and lands crossfaces before applying the chinlock. Riddle with palm strikes to the body and a Pele kick. Senton from Riddle followed by a penalty kick. Knee to the head and elbows from the crucifix followed by the Bromission.

Winner by submission: Matt Riddle

Rating: 2.25 out of 5 stars

Impressive debut for Riddle here with the crowd hot for him as Menzies continues to prove himself as a great enhancement talent for the time being.

Video recaps Shayna Baszler becoming a two-time NXT Women's Champion at WWE Evolution against Kairi Sane after interference by Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir. Baszler has her post-match interview interrupted by Sane, who gets held back.

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Video package for Lacey Evans before she is in action next week. Lars Sullivan faces Velveteen Dream next week as well.

Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan vs. Humberto Carrillo & Raul Mendoza

Burch starts with Mendoza and Mendoza flips away from Burch until he lands a headscissors takedown. Carrillo in, but Burch with uppercuts to bring in Lorcan. Lorcan and Burch work Carrillo on their half of the ring with arm locks, but Carrillo lands double arm drags and a springboard arm drag on Lorcan. A pair of suicide dives both connect for Mendoz and Carrillo. Carrillo moonsaults into an up-kick by Lorcan inside. Lorcan with an uppercut, but Carrillo flips out of a suplex and Mendoza in like a house of fire with head kicks from the apron. Missile dropkick takes out Mendoza and Carrillo. Mendoza with a corner dropkick and he gets hit with a hip toss into the corner. Lorcan sideswipes Carrillo with an uppercut and a double-team high-angle implant DDT lands.

Winners by pinfall: Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

As good as it gets for a borderline squash, with Lorcan and Burch powering back into it after the lucha of Mendoza and Carrillo.

NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed Era backstage and they say they feel on top of the world, but War Raiders come out from behind the curtain and attack The Undisputed Era backstage and out to the picnic area. Adam Cole gets lawndarted into a truck and Undisputed Era get thrown into tables, but Cole and Roderick Strong come out with trash cans and lids. Ricochet comes in to even the numbers and gets thrown into a ladder. They spill out to the ringside and Undisputed Era get the numbers again until WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne evens the numbers with a chair.

NXT GM William Regal comes out and stops the fight and says that if they want to destroy each other, they can do in a War Games match at TakeOver.